“The military wing has built tunnels around Gaza in order to defend it and to liberate the al-Aqsa mosque and the holy places”, he said, referring to Jerusalem.
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“I think that is understood in the region, it’s understood in the world”. The previous night, Sakari published a status, according to which “Every day we hear news of a death…Forgive me, perhaps I will be next”.
Israel has struggled to contain a wave of near-daily Palestinian attacks, which began in Jerusalem in mid-September and later spread to the West Bank and cities across Israel.
More than 2,200 Palestinians, including 1,462 civilians, were killed during the fighting. Typically, kidnapped soldiers are used as “bargaining chips” by Hamas to get Israel to release hundreds of terrorists back into society.
Ban also cited the government’s decision to claim 370 acres in the West Bank as “state land” in December 2015, which essentially reserves it for Israeli settler use.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Nablus Monday to pay respects to Amjad Sukkari, a 34-year-old policeman who worked as a bodyguard for the Palestinian attorney general.
Israeli soldiers keep guard near the scene of Sunday’s shooting at a military checkpoint near Ramallah.
Israel late Monday lifted day-long restrictions on access into and out of the Palestinian political capital Ramallah on the occupied West Bank, imposed after a checkpoint shooting that wounded soldiers, in a stepped-up response to such attacks.
“The stalemate carries grave risks for both sides: a continuation of the deadly wave of terrorism and killings; the collapse of the Palestinian Authority; greater isolation of and worldwide pressure on Israel”, Ban wrote.
It is also the first time since Israeli-Palestinian violence ramped up in October that Israeli forces have surrounded a city, Haaretz reported. The rest died in clashes.
Israel says the violence is fueled by a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement.
According to AWD News, a European news database, after multiple attacks on Paris Mary Hughes Thompson, a leader of the Palestinian liberation movement said she believed that Israel was behind these deadly attacks.
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“This will be an incentive for the Palestinians to come and not compromise”, Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting on Sunday. “In any event, we will make effort so that there is a sobering up here, and our position is very clear: We are prepared to enter direct negotiation without preconditions and without dictated terms”.
